Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Appendix Lyrics: O Jesus! who can tell his love?
To earth he comes from heav'n above,
His tender heart beholds our race,
Sold under sin, devoid of grace.
2 To shew us God he lives and dies,
An offering and a sacrifice,
Sinners behold him on the tree,
Thence virtue flows to set them free.
3 God dwells in him — his only Son,
Who knows no change, his name is one,
His name is love; the cause I see
Why Jesus bleeds and dies for me.
4 When in my blood I heard him cry,
The Soul that sinneth it shall die,
Turn now, behold my life I give!
A ransom that your soul may live.
5 Look unto me, be sav'd from sin,
How dare I look, vile and unclean
My sins are great, my thoughts are vain!
O how shall I a pardon gain.
6 You're poor, he says, what can you give?
If you were rich, I can't receive,
All things are mine, 1 freely give;
Dear sinner only look and live.
7 Your sin I hate, your soul I love,
My faithfulness and mercy prove,
Receive my grace, no more delay,
Now is the time, to come away.
8 My heart is won by love so free;
My sins arc gone, where can they be?
Such grace, such mercy, and such bliss,
A thousand tongues cannot express.
O Jesus! who can tell his love?